,
Gong Lijiao, and
Valerie Adams won silver, gold, and bronze respectively during the
women's shot put event. with her gold medal. Diaz is the Philippines' first-ever Olympic gold medalist. won a gold medal in the
men's skeet competition. He became the first skeet shooter to win three gold medals in Olympic history having previously won in
2008 and
2012. The medal table is based on information provided by the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. The table uses the
Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a
National Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals. If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their
IOC country code. In
boxing,
judo,
karate,
taekwondo, and
wrestling, two bronze medals are awarded in each weight class. Two gold medals (and no silver) were awarded to
Mutaz Essa Barshim and
Gianmarco Tamberi for a first-place tie in the
men's high jump athletics event. Two bronze medals were awarded to
Angelina Melnikova and
Mai Murakami for a third-place tie in the
women's floor gymnastics event. ;Key ==Changes in medal standings==